Russian trade with Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia

The Report on Russia's foreign trade in goods with Syria in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia's Trade with Syria

In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Syria was $77,620,607, down 42.70% ($57,846,363) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's exports to Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $74,435,724, down 44.51% ($59,699,472) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's imports from Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $3,184,883, up 139.15% ($1,853,109) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's trade surplus with Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $71,250,841, a 46.35% decrease ($61,552,581) over the 1st quarter of 2015.

Syria was Russia's 80th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 75th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0798% of Russia's total trade (down from 0.1024% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Syria was Russia's 69th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 61st in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.1213% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.1486% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Syria was Russia's 105th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 122nd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0089% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.0032% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Russia's Exports to Syria

The major share of Russian exports to Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:

The largest declines in Russia's exports to Syria in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $24,200,910;

Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $22,597,753;